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See I took it as him not wanting to be at Melbourne.

AFL Members confirmed to be showing it: http://twitter.com/aflmembership/status/593950432101183488

Who talks about finals during the pre-season? Pre-season is reserved for talk about the following year's draft.

The optimism in the Bailey years was completely justified though. We were beating teams by 100 points and yeah there was inconsistency but we all know Bailey and his department were victims of shocking boardroom mudslinging. We played really attractive footy and times and broke a membership record in 2011.

Pointless thread. Are we "better than" Richmond? They are still a finals team. At the end of the day it's all about who shows up on the day. We are better than every team if we play four quarters, play to our strengths, and stifle the opposition's area's of strength.

In Trapper's defense, I thought he was a spark and an "x-factor" in many, many games between 2000 and 2006. Watts' demeanour and attack at the ball is similar to Trapper's but we certainly got more out of the latter imo. In Trapper's first 7 years we got a hell of a lot more than we've gotten out of Watts. Granted however he was playing in a much better side.

Crowd predictions? I'm calling 29,000. You'll get 5000-6000 Freo fans here for the match. Super nice weather and dare I say we could hit 33-35k.

Lots of Demons supporters in the Members and Ponsford but a few thousand Toiges fans, too. It was a 3-1 ratio, at least.

It's amazing what winning does.

Not sure I take kindly to this Robbo article. Does he do any research? http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/colin-sylvia-retired-after-failing-to-maximise-his-immense-talent-writes-mark-robinson/story-e6frf3e3-1227325516212 "Leaders" at Melbourne when he arrived: David Neitz James McDonald Jeff White Adam Yze To name a few.

Probably also had something to do with the likes of Moloney and Sylvia being at the club and feeling entitled.

WE'RE A CHANCE, DAMMIT!

Titus O'Reily is definitely a Melbourne man.

They average 50 more disposals but we average 20 more contested possessions. They're the worst rebounding team in the comp, whereas we're ranked 6th. We're second with tackles at 77 whereas they're last with 53 per game. They average 9 more inside 50s than us. We both average 3.8 entries per goal, but they kick more goals per game. This is very winnable. Much like Richmond, they thrive in space and go forward quickly. They have more talent up forward than the Toiges so we need to play a slow, stoppage-based game again. We need to hit them hard and stop their run. It's going to be another slog for 2-3 quarters before opening up for one team in the last. Bookmark it. We're a chance. Get numbers around the ball. We're pretty even on stoppages (we average 2 more per game) and we're pretty even in center clearances and clearances around the ground. Nullify their run. If Fyfe and the like are getting clearances across our half-forward, that's fine: let them bomb it forward like Richmond did on Friday. Our backline will chop them up again. But we need to keep this down to a bog, and be similarly efficient going forward. I think Richmond started the game with like 15 inside-50s for 1 goals, whereas we had 3 for like 6 inside-50s. That sort of efficiency both forward and back over the course of a game will mark down a win.

Channel 7 had a segment on this and interviewed a mother who lost her son to a one-hit punch. Of course she criticised Clarko. Cringeworthy stuff. We live in a fairyland society where it's even immoral to defend yourself. She said he shouldn't have done it because he's a role model. Don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. I'd have done the same thing.

tl;dr The handballing isn't great.

Well, what is a "quality" win? A four-quarter effort against a quality side? Adelaide last year is probably a quality win. They were terribly coached and didn't make the 8 but you can't deny their talent. It was a great, consistent opponent. We haven't beaten Hawthorn, Geelong or North since 2005/2006. We haven't won in Perth for 10+ years. Can't win in Geelong, can't win at Etihad. Since 2007, are only other "quality" win was probably Collingwood on QB 2007. We haven't beaten them since. We will push Geelong, Hawthorn, North, Collingwood this year. We will win at Etihad. The quality wins are coming.

Hit the post on half-time siren. Heart's not in it. Confirmed going to Freo.

He was not good last night. Roos is clutching at straws. How can he bag a player after we just beat a team by 5 goals? Of course he is going to support him. He was in 2nd gear and was probably one of if not our worst. It's hard to stand by him. I'm not sure he has a place in this team anymore. I'd much rather Pedo or even Grimes.

In my work tipping, I was the only one of 22. Same in my girlfriend's only one of 16.

They did nothing with it.

So...you're backing Richmond?

I imagine it'll be Michie due to lack of game time and 5-day break. JKH is not quite the "x-factor" some make him out to be. Contributor, sure, but hasn't really turned a game like he did against the Tigers in the pre-season last year. Michie has the potential to give us some real midfield lift in the 2nd half. Hopefully no one gets injured which would force him on early.

To be more specific, it's Legend, Redleg and Trident MFC members only.